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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1929
Page
5
An ad urges mothers to give Kieffer's Yeast Iron and Cod Liver Oil Tablets to underweight children. It claims the tablets quickly fatten and strengthen youngsters, praising cod liver oil, yeast, and iron as nourishing. The Love Drug Company promotes the product with a friendly service motto and H. L. Potts as manager.
In Eastern Standard time, WEAF New York airs Black and Gold Room Dinner Orchestra at 6:00 followed by Jubilee Singers at 7:00 and Universal Safety Series at 7:15. Eskimos Radio Vaudeville features Phil Spitalny, Hal Kemp Orchestra, and a 7:00 Niagara Falls program on WABC.
A dense listing of radio orchestras and concert programs across multiple stations including WIZ WBAL WOR WEAF WJZ and more. It notes performers such as Guy Lombardo Landt Trio Goldman Band and the Amos n Andy program with times from noon to after midnight and regional station identifiers Newark Pittsburgh Baltimore and others.
O A Lynch of South Parkersburg was killed when a ten foot dirt wall collapsed during foundation excavation for a store in Parkersburg West Virginia. Ira Marstiller of Elkins and Russell Mahaney of Parkersburg escaped serious injury. The wall fell without warning burying Lynch completely.
An Akron reader endorses Orange Root Iron & Celery compound and Golden Nuggets from The Grafton Drug & Chemical Co as cures for long standing stomach gas pains and heart distress. Ad copy promotes the remedies as safe with no griping. A separate line notes a vehicle accident involving Marstiller and Mahaney, with partial burial and extraction details.
Huntington WV December 17 The American Legion celebrates the lower house passage of a hospitalization bill for disabled war veterans. National commander C L Bodenhammer says the bill aiding 5000 veterans now in city county and state care goes to the Senate. He praises continued veterans aid efforts. Leave your order early for Cut Flowers and Potted Plants at Turner's.
At the Opera House tonight and Wednesday the film Campus Knights offers a fresh plot from Chesterfield. The story centers on a girls college with a new professor whose twin brother is a sports star, and the female students all fall for him, yielding a light hearted romance.
A lively review extols Raymond McKee for distinguishing two brothers in Campus Knights. Shirley Palmer leads a strong supporting cast with Marie Quillan, while clever camera work and Ben Turpin’s Seein' Things provide added appeal.
Mrs Evelyn I Martin seeks temporary administrator and transfer of probate from Washington to New York charging Davis Elkins former U S senator delayed probate and contested the will She says two August 1928 and October 1929 codicils never filed claims loss of estate liquor bags taken to Davis Elkins East 54th Street apartment and asserts Elkins holds large bank securities and filed suit to block probate The will appoints Martin as life beneficiary and executor was Davis Elkins Two Ohio relatives return home after visit to Ida Riley family.
Montgomery dispatch reports Alabama Democratic executive committee barred candidates who did not back the party nominee last year, prompting Heflin and others to launch independent campaigns. Senator Heflin announced he would seek re election. John A Locke Birmingham attorney and governor candidate said he would run despite the ruling. Heflin said he would comment tomorrow.
The Gift Club invites citizens in the Daily and Weekly Sentinel territory to earn prizes or cash by clipping free count coupons and securing paid subscriptions. Membership is open to men and women, with office hours extended to eight each evening starting Friday.
Representative Nolan of Minnesota, a Republican, will wed Estelle Flanders of Minneapolis in Washington. The pair were connected through friends here, as Nolan had taken over after Walter Newton left to join President Hoover’s private secretaries last June.
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